This resource has tips capturing information about trainees in grant applications. These tips were extracted from the NSERC Discovery Grant Roundtable PowerPoint presentations by the following speakers: Drs. Jason Carey (Department of Mechanical Engineering), Greg Funk (Department of Physiology), Thomas Hillen (Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences), Charles Lucy (Department of Chemistry) and Horacio Marquez (Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering). The tips have been adapted for CIHR proposals. Thank you to the Grant Assist Program (Natural Sciences & Engineering) for hosting these roundtables.